[NTLK] FW: Soldering the Interconnect Port

From: Gerstein, Sam (Sam.Gerstein_at_Streamserve.Com)
Date: Fri Apr 04 2003 - 13:44:54 PST


Sorry to say, you would actually need to solder each of those little pins..
Not something you'll be wanting to do if you're not a veteran electronics
hack, I'd think.
I think that the metallic paste you mention is actually solder.. that's how
these things are normally done, though I have of course not removed my
interconnect connector to check!
If you can come up with a SER-01 (or wait for the next batch) that would
probably be your way to go.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!
/Sam

> Thanks to the good directions over at pda-soft.de, my UMP is open and
> gutted on my desk. Now comes the part where I'm supposed to
> solder the
> interconnect port back onto the main logic board.
>
> The IC port has a row of tiny connectors. I don't want to
> believe that
> I have to solder each one of those back onto the logic board. If I
> place the port on the board, pressure seems to make good contact
> between the two. Rather, it seems that the port was glued to
> the board
> with some sort of metallic paste at two points. Does anyone know what
> stuff this is, where I can find some, or what other stuff I can use?
> Would Loc-Tite do (or would it eat the logic board)? And
> while we're at
> it, is there a way to connect the port *better*, so as to prevent its
> wandering in the future?

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